Back-to-back shootings leave 2 dead in Newark

NEWARK -- Authorities are investigating after separate shootings in Newark left two dead in less than 24 hours.

Karod H. Tucker, 36, of Irvington died at University Hospital late Wednesday evening after being hit multiple times in a shooting in the 900 block of Franklin Avenue near Stephen Crane Village, said Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter.

The incident occurred at approximately 9:42 p.m. Tucker was discovered by Newark police officers called to the scene after receiving reports of shots fired, Carter said.

A male victim was killed in a second fatal shooting Thursday morning in the 300 block of Irvine Turner Boulevard, Carter confirmed.

Details of the shooting, including the victim's identity, are not immediately available, Carter said.

Both incidents are being investigated as homicides, Carter said. No arrests have been made and no suspects have been identified in either incident, she added.